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subsist verb

  /səbˈsɪst/
  • To survive on a minimum of resources.
  • (mostly, philosophy) To have ontological reality; to exist.
  • To retain a certain state; to continue.
  • (transitive, obsolete) To supply sustenance or subsistence to or for.
 subsister

subsistence

strict nécessaire

subsistence noun

  /səbˈsɪstəns/
  • The act of maintaining oneself at a minimum level.
  • (theology) Embodiment or personification or hypostasis of an underlying principle or quality.
 moyens d'existence
subsistence farming
agriculture de subsistance
subsistence economy
économie de subsistance
subsistence crop
culture vivrière
subsistence agriculture
agriculture de subsistance
means of subsistence
moyen de subsistance
subsistence fishing
pêche de subsistance
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